Three Tests Proved Oswald's Innocence

[Ross Lidell]

Oh please Ross. In movies from the 1930s and 1940s the police smell a gun to see if it has recently been fired. Furthermore, the barrel of a gun shows different residue from one that has not been fired for some time.

Oh please Rob: You are referring to a movie script. That's not a scientific test. The Dallas Police found Oswald's Carcano rifle on the 6th floor of the TSBD 45 minutes after the assassination. Would the smell test have been of any use?

The expended cartridge cases found on the 6th floor of the TSBD were matched to Oswald's Carcano rifle to the exclusion of all other weapons. Several witnesses saw a man firing a rifle from the TSBD during the assassination. Do we really need an inconclusive test to support that reality?

[Gary Craig]

Oh please Rob: You are referring to a movie script. That's not a scientific test. The Dallas Police found Oswald's Carcano rifle on the 6th floor of the TSBD 45 minutes after the assassination. Would the smell test have been of any use?

The expended cartridge cases found on the 6th floor of the TSBD were matched to Oswald's Carcano rifle to the exclusion of all other weapons. Several witnesses saw a man firing a rifle from the TSBD during the assassination. Do we really need an inconclusive test to support that reality?

"The Dallas Police found Oswald's Carcano"

Actually a 7.65 Mauser was found by Sheriff Department Deputy Boone. The crime scene

was turned over to the (DPD) Dallas Police Department almost immediately. The rifle later became Ozzie's

Carcano.

[John Iacoletti]

Oh please Rob: You are referring to a movie script. That's not a scientific test. The Dallas Police found Oswald's Carcano rifle on the 6th floor of the TSBD 45 minutes after the assassination. Would the smell test have been of any use?

Just saying "Oswald's Carcano rifle" over and over again doesn't actually make it true.

Several witnesses saw a man firing a rifle from the TSBD during the assassination.

Oh really?  Name them.

[Ross Lidell]

"The Dallas Police found Oswald's Carcano"

Actually a 7.65 Mauser was found by Sheriff Department Deputy Boone. The crime scene

was turned over to the (DPD) Dallas Police Department almost immediately. The rifle later became Ozzie's

Carcano.

You are quoting an error caused by Deputy Sheriff Boone's cursory "look" at the rifle before it was examined. Boone later admitted his error: he assumed the rifle was a "Mauser" based on the bolt-action.

Like every other amateur attorney: you have no interest in explaining the whys and wherefores of the Mauser theory. Even the most obvious, rudimentary questions are never asked.

-- Was the German Mauser used to make the assassination shots?

-- Where is the ballistics evidence that links a German Mauser to the assassination shots?

-- Why was  Oswald's Carcano unavailable to make the assassination shots?

-- How did Oswald's Italian Carcano appear very soon after the Boone "find" for Captain Fritz and Lieutenant Day to examine the rifle?

-- Were Fritz and day part of a conspiracy to murder JFK? Before the fact? After the fact?

Well Mister defense attorney??

[Ross Lidell]

Just saying "Oswald's Carcano rifle" over and over again doesn't actually make it true.

Oh really?  Name them.

-- Howard Brennan (the rifle and the shooter)
-- Amos Euins (the rifle)
-- Bob Jackson (the rifle)

[Matt Grantham]

The Dallas Police found Oswald's Carcano rifle on the 6th floor of the TSBD 45 minutes after the assassination. Would the smell test have been of any use?

 Why did it take 45 minutes to find it?

[John Iacoletti]

-- Howard Brennan (the rifle and the shooter)
-- Amos Euins (the rifle)
-- Bob Jackson (the rifle)

Hang on.  Didn't you just say that "Several witnesses saw a man firing a rifle from the TSBD"?

[Ross Lidell]

The Dallas Police found Oswald's Carcano rifle on the 6th floor of the TSBD 45 minutes after the assassination. Would the smell test have been of any use?

 Why did it take 45 minutes to find it

The police sealed the building about 15 minutes after the assassination. The police proceeded to conduct a floor by floor search. I assume they went up to the 6th floor in the freight elevator. The rifle was hidden between some boxes near the entry to the 6th floor stairs.

Law enforcement found the rifle when they found it. Do you consider it suspicious that they did not find the rifle sooner?